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factories of our soaring national deficit in fact this is the tax breaks and this is the wars in iraq and afghanistan so it's like you know this is this is what's bringing it up and then you know this is the recession which would go away if we did away in a way with these things so now when it comes time to do something about this massive tax cut if you will that publicans aren't asking the people who benefited the most for a shared sacrifice instead they want poor people students working stiffs and senior citizens to pick up the tab and his speech last night president obama himself now a millionaire from his book sales phrase the question another way. most americans regardless of political party don't understand how we can ask a senior citizen to pay more for her medicare before we ask a corporate jet owner or the oil companies to give a tax breaks that other companies don't get how can we ask a student to pay more for college before we ask his fund managers to stop paying taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries how can we slash funding for education and clean energy before we ask people like m
factories of our soaring national deficit in fact this is the tax breaks and this is the wars in iraq and afghanistan so it's like you know this is this is what's bringing it up and then you know this is the recession which would go away if we did away in a way with these things so now when it comes time to do something about this massive tax cut if you will that publicans aren't asking the people who benefited the most for a shared sacrifice instead they want poor people students working...
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we have to invade afghanistan because they were harboring terrorists a low florida yes they trained florida in the new york times actually reported that the f.b.i. conducted an official investigation into this and when they finish their investigation what they do they sealed it they classified it and they. made sure it didn't come out because they're covering up evidence i mean charlie beach likes to claim that it was gross incompetence that the administration was stupid that this happened but there's so many clear documented pieces of evidence just like this newsweek article that stated pentagon officials got warnings on september tenth two thousand and one telling them not to fly in the northeast with commercial airlines because something was going to happen and this is not the first time this happened with mayor willie brown just like reported by the san francisco chronicle had a flight to new york city on september eleventh he got a phone call canceled his flight later on pacifica radio he admitted condo lisa rice actually gave him those warnings so this is not incompetence this
we have to invade afghanistan because they were harboring terrorists a low florida yes they trained florida in the new york times actually reported that the f.b.i. conducted an official investigation into this and when they finish their investigation what they do they sealed it they classified it and they. made sure it didn't come out because they're covering up evidence i mean charlie beach likes to claim that it was gross incompetence that the administration was stupid that this happened but...
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group helpers of the global jihad claimed initial responsibility in response to norway's involvement in afghanistan but later recanted that statement following the shooting on the toy island and was detained with police now confirming using ethnic norwegian detonated explosives were also found on the island where some seven hundred teenagers had gathered for a political rally. for part two of the alona show stay with us here on our team. at a time for tonight still time award and tonight it goes to a few residents of arizona now if you weren't aware arizona has been dealing with several very large just storms in recent weeks you've probably seen the videos on the news but in case you haven't hear a few clips from phoenix t.v. stations with their coverage. joining. the balance. every. month twenty eleven in your show is it not seem like it was just a couple of weeks or so ago when we were all by photos videos of a huge dust storm or as we properly call it meteorologically. well maybe now though as it does storms or as meteorologists say the haboobs they've been plaguing the state for weeks but the n
group helpers of the global jihad claimed initial responsibility in response to norway's involvement in afghanistan but later recanted that statement following the shooting on the toy island and was detained with police now confirming using ethnic norwegian detonated explosives were also found on the island where some seven hundred teenagers had gathered for a political rally. for part two of the alona show stay with us here on our team. at a time for tonight still time award and tonight it...
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wars in iraq and afghanistan of cost and it starts to pale in comparison how about the recent reports that it cost twenty point two billion dollars a year just for air conditioning in iraq or afghanistan or the twenty two point nine billion dollars a year the pentagon spends just on battling rust and you start realizing if we want to we could find the resources to devote or at least enough buyers of our debt to to devote those resources there so what role could america play in this worldwide necessity of green tech and why do we choose not to enjoin we've discussed this is david roberts senior staff writer at grist dot org david first thoughts on this report of one point nine trillion dollars a year until what do they say for the next forty years is that sound like a huge estimate like a lot of money or not that much. it can so it's a lot if you just take it so you show you what you have to remember what it's global and number two it doesn't just mean government these are not all these are not all taxpayer psalms that need to go to this bigger part of the voice for marshalling private
wars in iraq and afghanistan of cost and it starts to pale in comparison how about the recent reports that it cost twenty point two billion dollars a year just for air conditioning in iraq or afghanistan or the twenty two point nine billion dollars a year the pentagon spends just on battling rust and you start realizing if we want to we could find the resources to devote or at least enough buyers of our debt to to devote those resources there so what role could america play in this worldwide...
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wages in iraq and afghanistan this is all just a murder for hire by the oil industry to keep the price of gas down to keep the man on the street calm and subdued but the lives coming off the cattle and now the gas prices are going to be six seven eight nine ten dollars a gallon like it is in europe and then we'll start to see some real action but that's baked into the cake as i said before that's not nothing that anyone can do is going to stop this because the post world war two era of adding debt to finance growth climax in two thousand and seven no amount of dead can stimulate any growth to pay this debt because the economy is reached at saturation and no amount of additional debt and this is all the plan that obama and boehner putting forward is to restructure the debt or add to the debt that's not going to create enough growth to pay down the debt therefore it's so facto as night follows day this downward spiral of u.s. bonds u.s. credit rating in the u.s. economy is is not going to be interrupted by anyone or any policy and max i know you're saying that our washington a sort of a
wages in iraq and afghanistan this is all just a murder for hire by the oil industry to keep the price of gas down to keep the man on the street calm and subdued but the lives coming off the cattle and now the gas prices are going to be six seven eight nine ten dollars a gallon like it is in europe and then we'll start to see some real action but that's baked into the cake as i said before that's not nothing that anyone can do is going to stop this because the post world war two era of adding...
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plan because they're supposedly cuts in there but those cuts all go back to withdrawing our troops in afghanistan and iraq and that's a given anyway so those aren't the answer that's not good enough because we've already taken cancer accounts so that harry reid's plan is a smoke and mirrors plan i want to talk about something that we're not really hearing in the mainstream discussion here but it does come out of obama's speech from last night this was one of his final appeals the entire world is watching so let's seize this moment to show why do united states of america is still the greatest nation on earth. well just because we can still keep our word and meet our obligations well because we can still come together as one nation i think the president here really appealing to those who you know feel a sense of patriotism for this country the greatest nation on earth saw a lot of people like to believe that i think it's important to talk about a couple things so when you talk about you know social mobility united states ranks tenth when you talk about infant mortality the united states ranks of th
plan because they're supposedly cuts in there but those cuts all go back to withdrawing our troops in afghanistan and iraq and that's a given anyway so those aren't the answer that's not good enough because we've already taken cancer accounts so that harry reid's plan is a smoke and mirrors plan i want to talk about something that we're not really hearing in the mainstream discussion here but it does come out of obama's speech from last night this was one of his final appeals the entire world...
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what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what we do you are a key question morning. welcome back to adam vs the man now when i was a sergeant in iraq i served in a civil affairs unit and would like to think that my little experience in fallujah gave me a certain situational awareness on foreign policy not just great war stories it's all checks of cars but then most war stories that are totally made up anyway so the discussion of always broader foreign policy strategy bring in the big downside joining me now is colonel douglas a mcgregor. out there of warriors rage the great tank battle of seventy three easti
what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what...
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participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with the planned bombings. how have the people of norway reacted to this terrible event and one of the government's response to the attacks yes well police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway which shots immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading into the capital we're also halted now we've we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since world war two perhaps the worst shooting spree in history. ok bushell thank you for that update. well for more on the possible motives behind the attacks let's cross live now to keith harmon snow u.s. based war correspondent and dependent investigator i thank you for joining us on r.t. . can you can you hear us actually yes you can yes officials in norway have described the attacks as the work of a mad m
participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with the planned bombings. how have the people of norway reacted to this terrible event and one of the government's response to the attacks yes well police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway which shots immediately after the blast and roads...
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four hundred forty four thousand and four hundred thirty have died in afghanistan twelve thousand and two troops have been wounded and one thousand five hundred thirty five died and that doesn't factor in coalition forces or military contractors and i deftly doesn't even begin to cover the hundreds of thousands of civilians that have suffered and died goes numbers will probably never be know but our mainstream media apparently those deaths those lives they don't matter casey anthony is look or i'm of the century but endless occupation and war is not and that's what they missed. the series of attacks on a luxury hotel in kabul shows how relevant the taliban still is ten years after u.s. troops first invaded afghanistan well keeping that in mind president obama has just announced the start of a troop drawdown as expected to take place through twenty fourteen was secretary of defense robert gates stepping down but is that future in afghanistan going to look like artie's lauren lyster finds out. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. this week a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners
four hundred forty four thousand and four hundred thirty have died in afghanistan twelve thousand and two troops have been wounded and one thousand five hundred thirty five died and that doesn't factor in coalition forces or military contractors and i deftly doesn't even begin to cover the hundreds of thousands of civilians that have suffered and died goes numbers will probably never be know but our mainstream media apparently those deaths those lives they don't matter casey anthony is look or...
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plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan next month but there declan. ations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's looked a different mark democracy never come by a coalition democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of northern africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the su
plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan next month but there declan. ations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's looked a different mark democracy never come by a coalition democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift...
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report on the war in afghanistan that directly contradicts military officials are telling us lawmakers so who should we believe then we'll show you a blatant example of hypocrisy by the white house in the double standard that they have when it comes to leaking classified information and debt ceiling madness time is running out and republicans that won't budge so can somebody believe tell us what is wrong with these people we have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has missed. this is that the end for the casey anthony trial my friends today a verdict was reached and it was read out loud. own. dog dropping moment they sought the death penalty against this woman and she got convicted of four misdemeanors this is a historic rejection of the prosecution's case the attorney who was once dubbed as somewhat hapless in this process now looks like a genius for basically that's right the case is over benito done so and all the rest of us are going to be letting out size of relief that we no longer have to e
report on the war in afghanistan that directly contradicts military officials are telling us lawmakers so who should we believe then we'll show you a blatant example of hypocrisy by the white house in the double standard that they have when it comes to leaking classified information and debt ceiling madness time is running out and republicans that won't budge so can somebody believe tell us what is wrong with these people we have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy...
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presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're supposed to be fighting it's kind of conspiracy and afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part when i'm away but then how do you reconcile that a lot of the civilian casualties that have been reported over the last year a lot of the civilian casualties there are believed to be from taliban. well the taliban certainly is. to itself and certainly has killed a lot of afghans also done a lot of harm but remember the taliban is somewhere around fifteen to eighteen thousand strong in southern and eastern afghanistan so not a major part of the population but it's more of the mindset of trying to control things so basically as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more co
presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're supposed to be fighting it's kind of conspiracy and afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part when i'm away but then how do you reconcile that a lot of the civilian casualties that have been reported over the last year a lot of...
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all right when you think it's going to be huge that's an afghanistan i think this is so awesome because i mean i'm a huge fan of the office both the british version and the american version it's so funny there's a lot of stuff going on in afghanistan that that's hard for people to deal with and i love that they're talking about issues like women saying i hate men you're talking about drug cartel issues within afghanistan i mean i found it to be a little surprising knowing what i know about the stricter laws i'm not accountable right now because i'm missing it like i'm really upset and when it comes out i'm going to show it to all of my friends during frat parties somebody like you this episode is a really good one. i don't know how long before the u.s. is using this as propaganda and i want to behind it because the scene the woman saying i hate men like what is that's a show that women are allowed to say that now in afghanistan it feels like there is propaganda being spewed. it's very the way things actually are in afghanistan in terms of how they talk about about maybe they'll apprecia
all right when you think it's going to be huge that's an afghanistan i think this is so awesome because i mean i'm a huge fan of the office both the british version and the american version it's so funny there's a lot of stuff going on in afghanistan that that's hard for people to deal with and i love that they're talking about issues like women saying i hate men you're talking about drug cartel issues within afghanistan i mean i found it to be a little surprising knowing what i know about the...
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military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically. so many military and security functions and. companies here are not related and they are not control and this is what we are extremely concerned that what we are calling is for regulation at the national and international level so that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to let an international body regulate their achilles saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable and so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so we're seeing around the world cases of napping rape murder. and we see very very only very rare cases in which case actually a criminal investigation or a prosecution of. experts say further privatization of war is convenient for the american government because among other reasons it doesn't have to justify the deaths of troops at home the president whoever the president may be can get us involved in conflicts only using uniformed forces to do the official fighting and then thousands and thousands of contractors to do the unoffi
military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically. so many military and security functions and. companies here are not related and they are not control and this is what we are extremely concerned that what we are calling is for regulation at the national and international level so that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to let an international body regulate their achilles saying it will find ways to hold contractors...
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if murdoch's fall is inevitable nation's editor katrina vanden heuvel will join us also look at the afghanistan a general david petraeus leaves behind as he officially hands over command of the war today and we'll tell you about the most important geo location company that you never heard up they've got technology that governments all over the world are trying to buy up we're going to have all of that and more for you tonight including a does it happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided. well the debt limit talks still holding the country on the brink of a default and with america's longest war coming under a new command there was one story of the mainstream media made sure to cover first this morning we're going to begin with casey anthony a free woman today a whereabouts a secret for the first time in three years casey anthony is no longer behind bars yesterday morning she did this and a lot of people were surprised they didn't sneak around to the back door to see and then the watch right out of the front door at this point she has vanished she's calling
if murdoch's fall is inevitable nation's editor katrina vanden heuvel will join us also look at the afghanistan a general david petraeus leaves behind as he officially hands over command of the war today and we'll tell you about the most important geo location company that you never heard up they've got technology that governments all over the world are trying to buy up we're going to have all of that and more for you tonight including a does it happy hour but first let's take a look at what...
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officials who have talked about being in afghanistan four years into the future despite a two thousand and fourteen withdrawal deadline may recall their forehead at the assumptions involved in reid's calculations but even without speculating about war policy in the future there is plenty of evidence now that these numbers are imaginary defense savings are based on a congressional budget office estimate that puts the bill for the wars to close to one point seven trillion dollars over the next ten years ok here's the problem as the cvo report obtained by foreign policy's blog the cable shows this as timid is based on simple math with no connection to any policy realities they just took this year's cost for the wars and added inflation for every year in the future and if the cable points. the reality is that it is impossible to estimate the costs of the war because policy questions remain unanswered and this projection is a very high one which means most likely those savings are imagined now the numbers are what a former clinton administration budget leader gordon adams writes are what bu
officials who have talked about being in afghanistan four years into the future despite a two thousand and fourteen withdrawal deadline may recall their forehead at the assumptions involved in reid's calculations but even without speculating about war policy in the future there is plenty of evidence now that these numbers are imaginary defense savings are based on a congressional budget office estimate that puts the bill for the wars to close to one point seven trillion dollars over the next...
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and dea a in their out hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day this a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top india sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister aren't easy different words on the teenager's drive to use a fair way to find his family he might have a smoother swing but from the outside nicholai looks no different than a pampered junior players and this hyper exclusive moscow golf club this couldn't be further from the truth we call like alecky was an old all from when he was adopted by an american family you can never say that or think his life is easy and basically they make you feel like it's nothing you're nothing to me when i came to united states i had a lot of problems emotionally and credible young man he is someone who has taken on many challenges in his life and he's always overcome then came the gul
and dea a in their out hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day this a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top india sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister aren't easy different words on the teenager's drive to use a fair way to...
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well i think it will convince more people in afghanistan the war is helping them but the is that true the killing and injuring more and more people as you said in your introduction the latest un report shows the last six months have been the most deadly since the war in afghanistan started for the civilian. the real problem i think is that we have to make this an issue not just in afghanistan where people are very aware of what is happening but also here in britain where much of business isn't very much for paul two zero zero zero for nato as part of the military coalition in afghanistan they did promise to reduce civilian casualties are received that it's not actually working. well actually the policy of the americans in the last year has been to increase airstrikes and therefore the civilian casualties of increased at least in part because of this so isn't working isn't going to work when you have a war where the reserves growing insurgency will be all sorts of people who are victims of this and children are obviously one of the worst of the casualties the only solution to this is t
well i think it will convince more people in afghanistan the war is helping them but the is that true the killing and injuring more and more people as you said in your introduction the latest un report shows the last six months have been the most deadly since the war in afghanistan started for the civilian. the real problem i think is that we have to make this an issue not just in afghanistan where people are very aware of what is happening but also here in britain where much of business isn't...
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in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and with feeling that they were committed by secretive birds on a regular basis to an expense set to undermine coalition forces counterinsurgency efforts will stop firing of anything that moves in general killing and they'll destroy property. we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contracts. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activity especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically u.s. government. so many of. these. companies they are not legally fit into the end of control and this is what we expect becomes them not what we call in is for a relation at the national and international level so that is companies accountable but washington is reluctant to let international body regulate their activities saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s.
in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and with feeling that they were committed by secretive birds on a regular basis to an expense set to undermine coalition forces counterinsurgency efforts will stop firing of anything that moves in general killing and they'll destroy property. we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contracts. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries...
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commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military withdrawal that after the soviet forces withdraw from afghanistan the real wrong way for the united states was eat and friends in pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti soviet jihad in the late seventy's and this is the main political military and security wonder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal b of their blow back off its own policy back in late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. the russian pilots taking to the skies in small airplanes have long been grounded by unimaginable about some people work recently at the center there has dropped some of the rebels to clear in the runway for more frequent flights over many obstacles that remain before it's the golden age for us in small aviation these yes that's nice but that's the experience. dozens of pilots swinging their way across russia for the second annual cuban air show the most small
commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military withdrawal that after the soviet forces withdraw from afghanistan the real wrong way for the united states was eat and friends in pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti soviet jihad in the late seventy's and this is the main political military and security wonder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal b of...
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iraq afghanistan pakistan libya we're bombing yemen. i'm known for getting a couple here we've got a company tens because one hundred countries from what i understand will actively but i mean we perform an extraordinary rendition oh it's just it's so it's so hard to keep track of the empire these days but now it's really like it's in your face and it's undeniable with this why is it that the temptation of a standing army allows our government to get away with this because it's the surat of it or afraid of it being. necessary for security is just. under with it right well you know with this new congress they they started by reading the constitution you know and that was a lot of the tea party influence the new congressmen that were elected i remember the green party and you know i think there's a lot of people who are genuinely interested in the founding principles and when you go to those events you hear a lot about the founding fathers some people are wandering around it's recurrent hats or whatever and i don't mean do to make fun beca
iraq afghanistan pakistan libya we're bombing yemen. i'm known for getting a couple here we've got a company tens because one hundred countries from what i understand will actively but i mean we perform an extraordinary rendition oh it's just it's so it's so hard to keep track of the empire these days but now it's really like it's in your face and it's undeniable with this why is it that the temptation of a standing army allows our government to get away with this because it's the surat of it...
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commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military withdrawal after the soviet forces withdraw all from afghanistan their real the wrong way for the united states was it and turns into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti-semitic jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political military and security blunder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal we have been blowback of its own policy back in late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. pot is taking to the skies and small airplanes have long been grounded by an unimaginable amount of paperwork but a recently adopted the last drops on the legal aid clearing the runway of more frequent flights however many obstacles remain a before it's the golden age for us it's own a.d.h. to these the athens games going up. dozens of pilots winging their way across russia for the second annual qubani air show for most small aircraft enthusiastic supporter f
commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military withdrawal after the soviet forces withdraw all from afghanistan their real the wrong way for the united states was it and turns into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti-semitic jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political military and security blunder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal we...
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still and the longest war ever in afghanistan in the name of fighting al qaeda and al qaida is reportedly now collapsing yet you have u.s. officials right and left saying at the same time that despite a two thousand and fourteen with drawl date for afghanistan the u.s. may be there for many more years to come if you don't take my word for it people like outgoing u.s. ambassador to afghanistan barry said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way through congress which doesn't prescribe an end game either and yet signs of the consequences for america of this war are everywhere just listen to this story reported today a u.s. special operations officer his name is army master sergeant benjamin stevenson he was killed in a remote area of eastern afghanistan now this was a highly decorated soldier from texas and he was on his ten to were of duty in the war zones of afghanistan and iraq his ten two were of duty we are deploying people for ten to worst of duty in this war they are dying and the mainstream media is not even questioning why not in our lo
still and the longest war ever in afghanistan in the name of fighting al qaeda and al qaida is reportedly now collapsing yet you have u.s. officials right and left saying at the same time that despite a two thousand and fourteen with drawl date for afghanistan the u.s. may be there for many more years to come if you don't take my word for it people like outgoing u.s. ambassador to afghanistan barry said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way...
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is going to stop holding detainees in afghanistan once they hand over control of the massive jail of blogger of the afghans this year well then you can think again spencer ackerman has exposed more than one upcoming contract that shows the u.s. is planning on building up more jails all across afghanistan i guess there just isn't enough room on our navy vessels now one of these contracts for which we don't have a price was just awarded by the army corps of engineers to an afghan contractor for a quote new u.s. government controlled detention facility apparently they're in a really huge hurry for that one because it needs to be built by november another contract will be for an even bigger detention center worth forty six million dollars and the army will reportedly be. holding a competition for and yet another contract to our common found is another detention facility of the army corps of engineers express interest in in june and that one is going to come in at a whopping twenty five to one hundred million dollars really twenty five to one hundred but it doesn't show you the type of ca
is going to stop holding detainees in afghanistan once they hand over control of the massive jail of blogger of the afghans this year well then you can think again spencer ackerman has exposed more than one upcoming contract that shows the u.s. is planning on building up more jails all across afghanistan i guess there just isn't enough room on our navy vessels now one of these contracts for which we don't have a price was just awarded by the army corps of engineers to an afghan contractor for a...
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political and military moves drove after this sort of forces withdraw from afghanistan their real the wrong way for the united states was eat and friends in pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti so i'm going to jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political deal with saran security and wondered where the united states has committed the industry would you the united states is doomed to deal be have been blowback of its own policy back in the late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. now russian the pilots taking to the skies and small airplanes have long been grounded unimaginable amount of paperwork but recently adopted law has drawn some of the people of those who are in the runway from what we could flights however many obstacles remain before it's that the rage for us is a nation he sets and he's belittling states. dozens of pilots swing their way across russia for the second annual cuban air show from the small aircraft enthusiastic perfect chance to meet other pilots and to enjoy the beautiful scenery . he took us almost eight hours to get their views with by metasta
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carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for ever and be a in their uphill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions you know afghanistan. now if you want the best in life you gotta put the hours in am it's something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working harder and longer than their western counterparts i deserve an english who joins the new delhi rap race. it's a busy city with busy people india is a rising economic locomotive still what's the driving force behind its success it could very well be that people like. both are co-directors i was small one import company called divine and his indians have developed a strong liking for french and spanish language is young men are working overtime to fill their glasses you have to be very flexible with their working hours. engineers were globalization and because of all you know you interact with so
carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for ever and be a in their uphill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions you know afghanistan. now if you want the best in life you gotta put the hours in am it's something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working...
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commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the chrysippus us political and military withdrawal after this soviet forces was drove from afghanistan their real the wrong way for the united states was read and friends into pakistan and afghanistan as it proceeds anti-semitic jihad in the late seventy's this is the main holy nickleby illiterate insecurity and wonder of the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to be a very blowback off its own policy back in late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. russian pilots taking to the skies on small airplanes have long been grounded. out of paperwork but recently adopted nor has dropped some of the. frequent tendency fights over many obstacles remain before it's the golden age for russian small aviation he's asked. dozens of pilots their way across russia for the second annual cuban air show the most small aircraft enthusiastic the perfect chance to meet other pilots and to enjoy the beautiful scenery. almost
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commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding their chrysippus us political and military withdrawal after the soviet forces was drove from afghanistan very real the wrong way for the united states was eat and friends into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy and i saw me jihad in the late seventy's this is their main polina can all be in which iran security and wonder are there the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal be a very blowback of its own policy in the late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. russian pilots taking to the skies and small airplanes are the only grounded by the other vital about the people where we simply adopt the was dropped some of the vehicle that would clear the runway for more frequent flights however many obstacles still remain if what's that building made for us in small a.b.s. yes that's nice but that's the states. dozens of pilots swing their way across russia for the second annual cuban air short for most smal
commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding their chrysippus us political and military withdrawal after the soviet forces was drove from afghanistan very real the wrong way for the united states was eat and friends into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy and i saw me jihad in the late seventy's this is their main polina can all be in which iran security and wonder are there the united states has committed in this region the united states is...
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in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals its contractors were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about. doubled its private army to replace the part of the troops meanwhile the un it wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights results he's got each account reports it's more convenient for the un us rather to use hired guns since the actions of slip under the radar. this iraqi man son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot like they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for their massacre to other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notori
in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals its contractors were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about. doubled its private army to replace the part of the troops meanwhile the un it wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights results he's got each account reports it's more...
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want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of engagement in iraq right now where they can defend themselves without getting prosecuted by the iraqi courts because of the security agreement that the iraqi government right now is trying to sign that either a new agreement which i doubt they'll do but they'll come up with some type of memorandum of agreement to have trainers in iraq in two thousand and twelve and beyond but those trainers and going to be authorized to protect you know security you know the embassy personnel the embassy has to make its own agreements with the g. eight it with the government of ira
want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of...
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troops are committed to afghanistan until two thousand and fourteen some u.s. officials say many more years into the future baby what's needed people are still dying just today more than twenty people including a b.b.c. reporter were killed in a suicide attack the taliban claimed responsibility for that one and in iraq this week in the country's leaders are supposed to decide whether or not they'll ask u.s. troops to stay be on the december withdrawal deadline the u.s. of course is offering them and then there's u.s. involvement in libya along with covert operations at some point to war in places like pakistan yemen and somalia so here to talk about all of this going on and what we really need to be focusing on is blue in a sense she is foreign policy analyst at the cato institute thank you for being here thank you now i know that this is something that you focus on when you travel to pakistan and you travel to afghanistan as well i'm curious how you read the violence that we've seen recently against u.s. officials statements because today we have an attack by
troops are committed to afghanistan until two thousand and fourteen some u.s. officials say many more years into the future baby what's needed people are still dying just today more than twenty people including a b.b.c. reporter were killed in a suicide attack the taliban claimed responsibility for that one and in iraq this week in the country's leaders are supposed to decide whether or not they'll ask u.s. troops to stay be on the december withdrawal deadline the u.s. of course is offering...
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talking about the impact the war is having on afghanistan's civilian population. and always intelligence service says there's no evidence that it's connected to far right extremists in norway or elsewhere thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six people last friday claims he was part of a wider mission was loyal insists he is insane and didn't know what he was doing. reports his immigration message is one that has chilling echoes across europe. and ethnic hatred that led to the slaughter of scores of innocent young people and does prevent the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike against the political left for supporting open borders and multiculturalism and even though the staunchest of hardliners condemned great pics horrific actions anti immigration sentiment is growing across europe other groups express their condolences and then are quick and separate themselves from also quick to lay blame left wing politicians which they. are responsible because they allowed immigration happen and effectively pushed the sky to the edge it's a cr
talking about the impact the war is having on afghanistan's civilian population. and always intelligence service says there's no evidence that it's connected to far right extremists in norway or elsewhere thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six people last friday claims he was part of a wider mission was loyal insists he is insane and didn't know what he was doing. reports his immigration message is one that has chilling echoes across europe. and ethnic hatred that led to the...
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and live from moscow now barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but i want to use it lauren that list finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture but as there's no way in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels is worth your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we had anybody pegged down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of the military might that's not that different mark democracy never come by a clinician democracy never come by mi
and live from moscow now barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but i want to use it lauren that list finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture but as there's no way in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year...
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strategy in afghanistan and the alyona show that's coming up next. are it's time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to my brilliant and engaging viewer comments on facebook twitter and you tube because when you've got something to say i do listen now first i want to respond to some positive feedback from a kind viewer on twitter doing walton tweeted the alone to show you are doing excellent work alone or the jeremy scahill interview last week was one of your best and i want to say thank you for the kind words i too really enjoyed the interview with jeremy last week and i think that it represents what our show aims to do at its best telling the stories that others can't or will not tell not surprisingly the cia scrambled to discredit scahill story throughout right through excuse me through outright denials and press releases and all of that was to be expected but that's why you're supposed to have the media to call them out when news organizations like a.b.c. they simply reprinted cia statements without an else of skepticism jeremy s
strategy in afghanistan and the alyona show that's coming up next. are it's time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to my brilliant and engaging viewer comments on facebook twitter and you tube because when you've got something to say i do listen now first i want to respond to some positive feedback from a kind viewer on twitter doing walton tweeted the alone to show you are doing excellent work alone or the jeremy scahill interview last week was one of your best and i want to...
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just got a new ambassador to afghanistan today ryan crocker was sworn in as the new u.s. ambassador to the war stricken country and he's starting out with a bang already making some pretty strong statements first starters crocker has already explained that there will be no rush to exit from the country and then he went on to say we have no interest in permanent bases in afghanistan we will stay as long as we need to. and not one day more what exactly does that mean and frankly that comment is caught many people off guard including myself because of all of the statements about staying however long we need to in afghanistan despite that two thousand and fourteen deadline after all there are plenty of reasons why the u.s. would have an interest in keeping a permanent base there first of all there's a sour relations between the u.s. and pakistan and then there's the fact that afghanistan itself is nowhere near stable in fact many predict that the country will descend into violence the second america reduces their presence in any significant way and listen to how senator linds
just got a new ambassador to afghanistan today ryan crocker was sworn in as the new u.s. ambassador to the war stricken country and he's starting out with a bang already making some pretty strong statements first starters crocker has already explained that there will be no rush to exit from the country and then he went on to say we have no interest in permanent bases in afghanistan we will stay as long as we need to. and not one day more what exactly does that mean and frankly that comment is...
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drawn out drawdown i despite the obama plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come paying for the conflict with blood and money. also we look at how our free range cattle might help secure heart disease a groundbreaking new russian procedure. well denies of the pro palestinian flotilla have vowed to defy a greek sailing ban and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to gaza at all costs about and came after a number of ships were found to be damaged but activists condemning what they said was sabotage by israeli security forces the government or the greek government rather offered to deliver the supplies through israel but that proposal was rejected tel aviv in turn is sworn to prevent the civilian fleet from reaching gaza a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine people dead after israeli commandos stormed the flotilla british campaigner david helping who's been involved in transporting relief supplies to gaza so i don't see how his own vessel was attacked once in the same way or that full interview
drawn out drawdown i despite the obama plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come paying for the conflict with blood and money. also we look at how our free range cattle might help secure heart disease a groundbreaking new russian procedure. well denies of the pro palestinian flotilla have vowed to defy a greek sailing ban and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to gaza at all costs about and came after a number of...
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well the company is doing even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace the party troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over her scenarios to protect human rights as r.t.s. game reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot life human trying to kill everyone if you see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her rethinking on rights violations including porcher rape and murder the us supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contractors. in a
well the company is doing even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about to double its private army to replace the party troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over her scenarios to protect human rights as r.t.s. game reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the...
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her pretense of resistance than we've seen on iraq or afghanistan in the several years and a large part of that is republicans who just hate obama more than they hate peace or justice but but it's it's significant it's a sign of life out of congress and maybe maybe that gives corporate reporters the you know of the room to operate and to begin to question that's an interesting take i want to talk a little bit about the reason why nato went in and the reason why the u.s. why the humanitarian mission and where that stands now russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was the here in our teeth studios and he was doing an interview for both of russia the radio station and this is what he said about the toll of the airstrikes on civilians i want to play that their strokes themselves girl will get you're going through. some residential what those have been few and it's a cause of concern because the main goal of the resolution is not to shoot they're against was the reason for the civilian population it's exactly the protection of the civilians and the civilians suffering boards through go throu
her pretense of resistance than we've seen on iraq or afghanistan in the several years and a large part of that is republicans who just hate obama more than they hate peace or justice but but it's it's significant it's a sign of life out of congress and maybe maybe that gives corporate reporters the you know of the room to operate and to begin to question that's an interesting take i want to talk a little bit about the reason why nato went in and the reason why the u.s. why the humanitarian...
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in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the show horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract is. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically you know as. so many military and security functions to these security companies they are not regulated in that they are not controlled and this is were we are extremely concerned that what we are calling is for relation to the national at the international level so that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their activities saying
in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the show horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract is. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on...
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i think it will just convince more people in afghanistan that the war isn't helping them but it is actually killing and injuring more and more people so isn't working isn't going to work when you have a war where the risk of growing insurgency will play all sorts of people who are victims of this and children are obviously one of the worst of the casualties the only solution to this is to sell you a war isn't working it has there is absolutely no justification for nato forces to be there and that they should withdraw the troops this is now coming up to the tenth anniversary of the war and there is absolutely no question that this war is not getting better it is getting worse it is almost certain that whatever settlement eventually comes in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this war the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies cannot admit defeat in the second country are to what happened in iraq that is why they're there they are there in order to prop
i think it will just convince more people in afghanistan that the war isn't helping them but it is actually killing and injuring more and more people so isn't working isn't going to work when you have a war where the risk of growing insurgency will play all sorts of people who are victims of this and children are obviously one of the worst of the casualties the only solution to this is to sell you a war isn't working it has there is absolutely no justification for nato forces to be there and...
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military officials when it comes to measuring violence and death in afghanistan you can respond to us on facebook twitter and you tube and you know the response just might make it on a. now we make a consistent effort to call out police departments across the country who are out of line overly aggressive and abusive but today we'd like to tell you about a police department who seems to be condoning it misconduct amongst their own it's a los angeles police department so you new article from the l.a. times highlights a fairly new procedure for any thought who acts out of line is not just going to receive a conditional official reprimand rather than the traditional suspension without pay punishment why is this a big deal well how because this reprimand is nothing but a warning and just a verbal note between the officer and his supervisor the more serious repercussions would be coming in the future if it happens again now with even more shocking is the fact that this is happening at the l.a.p.d. which let's face it has a less than perfect a track record when it comes to law abiding cops i
military officials when it comes to measuring violence and death in afghanistan you can respond to us on facebook twitter and you tube and you know the response just might make it on a. now we make a consistent effort to call out police departments across the country who are out of line overly aggressive and abusive but today we'd like to tell you about a police department who seems to be condoning it misconduct amongst their own it's a los angeles police department so you new article from the...
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them bill you know the afghanistan or could they certainly don't report. michael i know you are a veteran why do you think that means our feeling seeing the departure of robert gates is there hope that anything will change adding something he was a leaves washington he leaves his position very well respected by a lot of people certainly much more so than his predecessor but i'm wondering michael what you think that friends like yourself are thinking today. well veterans like myself people who have been sent to fight and die and lose limbs and to commit crimes against people that are not our enemies those who are in the military today i don't think we're at all honoring robert gates in service because you know he's never done a foot patrol in helmand province you never gone on a convoy in iraq but he's ordered lots of us to do it with great bloodshed as a result the reality is the war in afghanistan is not about al qaeda the war in iraq it's not about national defense or freeing the iraqi people these are wars for empire but they're not our empire it's not
them bill you know the afghanistan or could they certainly don't report. michael i know you are a veteran why do you think that means our feeling seeing the departure of robert gates is there hope that anything will change adding something he was a leaves washington he leaves his position very well respected by a lot of people certainly much more so than his predecessor but i'm wondering michael what you think that friends like yourself are thinking today. well veterans like myself people who...
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he promised to end but ten thousand troops may stay there the white house is certainly offering them afghanistan continues though he's announced a drawdown he promised to end the mindset that leads to war it's worth pointing out though that he wipes a war in libya and the guantanamo bay remains open and there are reports that secret prisons are remain open and allegations of abuse but he has ended some bush era torture practices such as waterboarding but he hasn't ever ordered a criminal investigation into allegations of detainees against george w. bush and other senior administration officials of bush's now this is something that human rights watch is asking obama to do so laura petter counterterrorism adviser for human rights watch is she disappointed with obama she was in our new york studio to answer that i first asked her though you know bush hasn't been in office for a while it's been over two years what is human rights watch done recently aside from issue this report to promote a point of view that bush has committed crimes that obama should investigate him for which is that. it calls on
he promised to end but ten thousand troops may stay there the white house is certainly offering them afghanistan continues though he's announced a drawdown he promised to end the mindset that leads to war it's worth pointing out though that he wipes a war in libya and the guantanamo bay remains open and there are reports that secret prisons are remain open and allegations of abuse but he has ended some bush era torture practices such as waterboarding but he hasn't ever ordered a criminal...
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wali karzai a half brother afghan president hamid karzai and a man who controlled much of southern afghanistan playing both on the side of the cia and considered to be a drug kingpin was assassinated by close associates today the obama administration announced it will be withholding a third of the aid that it gives to pakistan eight hundred million dollars worth until they see more results in pakistan's fight against the taliban but apparently that has not stopped us from launching air strikes in the country three separate missile strikes reported in pakistan in a matter of less than twelve hours and those killed at least thirty eight alleged militants now the reaction from pakistani officials has been rather mixed the defense minister saying that pakistan could pull back troops fighting near the afghan border if the aid it really is cut off all the army issued a statement saying that no problem they can do it on their own so the game here continues but where will it end here to discuss this with me is jim hansen retired special operations master sergeant and military blogger at black five dot
wali karzai a half brother afghan president hamid karzai and a man who controlled much of southern afghanistan playing both on the side of the cia and considered to be a drug kingpin was assassinated by close associates today the obama administration announced it will be withholding a third of the aid that it gives to pakistan eight hundred million dollars worth until they see more results in pakistan's fight against the taliban but apparently that has not stopped us from launching air strikes...
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led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan or the number of casualties continue to rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to get an afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within a very hard to foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily it's spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties o
led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan or the number of casualties continue to rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the...
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ambassador to afghanistan i can bury said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way through congress which doesn't prescribe an end game either and yet signs of the consequences for america of this war are everywhere just listen to this story reported today a u.s. special operations officer his name is army master sergeant benjamin stevenson he was killed in a remote area of eastern afghanistan now this was a highly decorated soldier from texas and he was on his ten to were of duty in the war zones of afghanistan and iraq his ten two are of duty we are deploying people for ten two words of duty in this war they are dying and the mainstream media is not even questioning why not in our longest war not even when they report that this so-called enemy and now war is collapsing and the attack he died in was interestingly a fire fight against an al qaeda related group that's according to you a u.s. official now maybe the mainstream media just didn't want this news to rain on the parade of the story of the u.s. officials reporting today the collapse o
ambassador to afghanistan i can bury said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way through congress which doesn't prescribe an end game either and yet signs of the consequences for america of this war are everywhere just listen to this story reported today a u.s. special operations officer his name is army master sergeant benjamin stevenson he was killed in a remote area of eastern afghanistan now this was a highly decorated soldier from texas and...
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but the situation in afghanistan improved and even senior officials like general petraeus for example commander of the military operation in afghanistan to put it says that the number of armed clashes that increase is year after year drug production cannot be fought because of the damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle that only one of those routes. washington's proposed missile shield over europe remains the stumbling block in russian american relations that's according to foreign minister sergei lavrov who's currently on a visit to the united states and he's meeting secular state hillary clinton shortly after a brief talks with president obama hopefully we'll bring you live coverage of that meeting a little later as they trust the media but in the meantime marty got a scar and has more from our washington bureau. the meeting took place the meeting took place behind closed doors and there have been no statements afterwards so there's no way from knowing what they were actually discussing it could be the weather but they are definitely more press
but the situation in afghanistan improved and even senior officials like general petraeus for example commander of the military operation in afghanistan to put it says that the number of armed clashes that increase is year after year drug production cannot be fought because of the damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle that only one of those routes. washington's proposed missile shield over europe remains the stumbling block in russian american relations...
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hear the new ambassador to afghanistan for the u.s. is not interested in permanent military bases in the country really and i suspect in the twin terrorist attacks in norway appears to be a homegrown terrorists but some members of the media here in the u.s. tried to blame the muslim moments following the attack tonight we ask who should we really be concerned about when it comes to terrorist threats. into the only mechanism to go to bring justice or. i have the right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i think actually. i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see the story and the scene so. you think you understand it and then something else here's some other part of it and realized everything you saw you don't charge is a big. number that we can afford. i think the beautiful and well. we have to go to the shows that are. actually get ready for freedom. well the u.s. has got a new ambassador to afghanistan today ryan crocker was sworn in as the new
hear the new ambassador to afghanistan for the u.s. is not interested in permanent military bases in the country really and i suspect in the twin terrorist attacks in norway appears to be a homegrown terrorists but some members of the media here in the u.s. tried to blame the muslim moments following the attack tonight we ask who should we really be concerned about when it comes to terrorist threats. into the only mechanism to go to bring justice or. i have the right to know what my government...
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started handing over control of some of afghanistan's provinces to local security forces and less than a week after the assassination of president karzai hearth brother wall for more on these latest developments i'm now joined from chicago by steven levy a progressive radio news host and author stephen the half brother and a key aide of the afghan president both killed in less than a week because i was saying just as the u.s. hands over power to local forces in parts of the country what do you make of the timing of this. i think the term used last year accidental but i recall a early article i wrote i'm going to have here and several years ago i called it the last war. and it is for. the president but on a story with a small security detail you know be practical a marine division to go see him. very carefully but if he came up with a small security engine he would last five minutes. the resistance live bearers want to liberate the country toward the plate or they'll take any opportunity here to try to get any official if he were able. to really comes out here who don't want to be happy
started handing over control of some of afghanistan's provinces to local security forces and less than a week after the assassination of president karzai hearth brother wall for more on these latest developments i'm now joined from chicago by steven levy a progressive radio news host and author stephen the half brother and a key aide of the afghan president both killed in less than a week because i was saying just as the u.s. hands over power to local forces in parts of the country what do you...
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billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet fighter jets and the whole bill also doesn't include funds for u.s. nuclear weapons programs or military construction which usually come in other bills and end up adding about thirty three billion dollars more to the fan spending so it looks like congress has said sorry america your social security your medicare and medicaid have probably got to go because the pentagon needs more jets here to discuss this with me as lawrence wilkerson retired u.s. army colonel and former chief of staff to colin powell our thanks so much for being on the show as always well gosh this sounds like it's a fun day to be at th
billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet...
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not getting better in scaling worse it is almost certain that whatever settlement eventually comes in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity and nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this war the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies cannot admit defeat in the second country after what happened in iraq that is why they're there they're there in order to prop up a government that they have no real confidence in they are there in order to save their own faces they are there to protect their interests they're not there to protect the ordinary afghans and we've seen this again this week. i was lazy german from the stop the war coalition. now when it comes to the dating game when russia really is a man's world there are ten million more women there mare the country forcing sound to turn to unconventional methods to find love even if that means a better half as more like several better choirs are to single more even after our imports. and these sundry a father of three and husband of three and other yea
not getting better in scaling worse it is almost certain that whatever settlement eventually comes in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity and nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this war the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies cannot admit defeat in the second country after what happened in iraq that is why they're there they're there in order to prop up a government that they have no...
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colonel anthony shaffer his book operation dark heart spy craft and special ops on the frontlines of afghanistan and the path to victory was the target of a censorship attempt by the kind of gone after they tried to buy up all ten thousand copies before approving the censored version he is currently a senior fellow at the center for advanced defense studies and slogan is innovation for peace tony thanks so much for being with us driving back adam all right so with this in context for us please the u.s. cyber command been around for a couple years now with hacking heating up accusations with china being involved what is the significance of the u.s. cyber command in the overall department offense that picture why i think that's part of the problem it's not significant by the fact that they're they're playing catch up what we're doing now and i think it's significant that if we're talking about three zero what happened to one do they not exist well they didn't get it and that's part of the problem that we're talking about today were issues we dealt with back in the ninety's and what is ironic here
colonel anthony shaffer his book operation dark heart spy craft and special ops on the frontlines of afghanistan and the path to victory was the target of a censorship attempt by the kind of gone after they tried to buy up all ten thousand copies before approving the censored version he is currently a senior fellow at the center for advanced defense studies and slogan is innovation for peace tony thanks so much for being with us driving back adam all right so with this in context for us please...
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withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan they leave behind in a vast number of private military contractors critics of the so-called hired guns are demanding that most news in the name of america held accountable for the growing number of reported human rights abuses and civilian deaths in conflict torn countries there's artie's going to chicken or ports the u.s. is in no rush to regulate private military muscle this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot like they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her rethink human rights violations including torture rape and murder the us supreme court recently threw
withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan they leave behind in a vast number of private military contractors critics of the so-called hired guns are demanding that most news in the name of america held accountable for the growing number of reported human rights abuses and civilian deaths in conflict torn countries there's artie's going to chicken or ports the u.s. is in no rush to regulate private military muscle this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private...
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afghanistan coalition warplanes fired weapons and dropped bombs five thousand eight hundred and thirty one times that's a sixty five percent increase in the twelve months prior to that to even wonder want to know how much those five thousand eight hundred thirty one bombs and weapons cost not to mention of course the lives that may have been lost civilian lives and here's another two that the mainstream television media isn't reporting on about the standing lawyers now suing the cia for its drone strikes in pakistan that have led to civilian deaths don't forget because when you strike something with lethal force there are consequences and although this particular lawyer. has been to the us and many times before the state department has just prevented him from traveling here for a conference on human rights isn't that nice and fair and democratic of them it's hypocrisy in the mainstream media just turns a blind eye so that's what they miss. so while the mainstream media is ignoring the ramping up of our air campaign in afghanistan they've also missed another big report that quite frankl
afghanistan coalition warplanes fired weapons and dropped bombs five thousand eight hundred and thirty one times that's a sixty five percent increase in the twelve months prior to that to even wonder want to know how much those five thousand eight hundred thirty one bombs and weapons cost not to mention of course the lives that may have been lost civilian lives and here's another two that the mainstream television media isn't reporting on about the standing lawyers now suing the cia for its...
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to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and that's what's been going on now what has been happening is that while they have pretty easily get to pass a new defense budget at least the house of representatives there has been a little bit of a tussle and bustle over a few democrats that are coming out and try to block funds try to tie obama's hands when it came to afghanistan and bringing troops home of course that is because it has once again tried to tie the president's hands when it came to libya and all of that failed but the one thing they did pass was. bill that barred arming was supplying weapons to training the rebels in libya but already doi
to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and...
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led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but fear for reputation sparks concerns about the future of a country. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching our marina joshie welcome to the program the man charged with friday's shooting spree at a norwegian youth camp and bombing in the capital has admitted responsibility for the twin attack that claimed over ninety lines the incident has been called the country's worst atrocity since world war two thirty two year old anders behring breivik was arrested at the scene of the massacre on the island of vieques where he reportedly traveled. in police uniform and asked people to gather around him before granting them down a second man was seized by special forces but it's not clear if he has any connection to the two incidents one picture that has emerged from the horrific events captures the moment a man in the water pleads for his life as common carries on with these brutal executions rampage came just hours after the oslo bombing that killed at least seven where they reportedly has contact with fa
led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but fear for reputation sparks concerns about the future of a country. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching our marina joshie welcome to the program the man charged with friday's shooting spree at a norwegian youth camp and bombing in the capital has admitted responsibility for the twin attack that claimed over ninety lines the incident has been called the country's worst atrocity since world war two...
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here is the bush tax cuts this is this is where we be without the bush tax cuts the wars in iraq and afghanistan the impact of the great recession. and the recovery building things like that ok so you we could basically there would be no increase in the debt if we ended the wars but most importantly if we got rid of the bush tax cuts but there is republicans now say they're not going to rid of the bush tax cuts and b. what they've been trying to do is destroy in tallinn programs from the get go nine hundred thirty five f.d.r. gets social security passed but if the republicans want to do take it down they've been fighting it ever since in the one nine hundred seventy eight or nine hundred sixty s. when when l.b.j. passed medicare they've been fighting that ever since is socialism you know ok but we do so we do not have a spending problem our debt has been fueled by the bush era tax tax cuts and war spending the impact of government spending our deficits it has pretty minuscule here's the here's current job deficit projections are begin the yellow is the wars in iraq and afghanistan the goal here
here is the bush tax cuts this is this is where we be without the bush tax cuts the wars in iraq and afghanistan the impact of the great recession. and the recovery building things like that ok so you we could basically there would be no increase in the debt if we ended the wars but most importantly if we got rid of the bush tax cuts but there is republicans now say they're not going to rid of the bush tax cuts and b. what they've been trying to do is destroy in tallinn programs from the get go...
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and look at the other interviews today we had one with jake bill adair toe on what is the future in afghanistan you don't want to have a great night. rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science and signal from the realm of. the future covered. a little. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations or the day. you can see. the logo well the crosstalk i care about to get deadlock as the deadline for the u.s. to increase its debt ceiling looms would appear to be more about politics and upcoming elections than fixing a crippling problem as the us courts financial disasters do americans have an appetite for asperity plan. to keep the slim. to cross-talk the debt and pass i'm joined by my guests in new york now ken which he is editor and publisher of left business observer and howard gold he is a columnist for market watch and founder of the political blog the independent agenda all right gentlemen this is cross talk to me
and look at the other interviews today we had one with jake bill adair toe on what is the future in afghanistan you don't want to have a great night. rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science and signal from the realm of. the future covered. a little. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations or the day. you can...
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this is less than one quarter of the cost of the worst in iraq and afghanistan and the wars in iraq and afghanistan have been going on for ten years and they cost four times more than all of the seventy five year projections for shortfalls in medicare and another one when you look at your paycheck you'll see it's a fight headed auction a pricey eight that induction for medicare and social security fica is also known as the payroll tax because everybody even if you only are a few thousand dollars a year everybody pays it but consider this the name f i see a stands for federal insurance contributions act insurance yes insurance the real name of social security is the old age survivors and disability insurance program and that insurance program was amended in one thousand nine hundred sixty five to include health care insurance and what we call medicare insurance social security and medicare are insurance programs that insure all of us against poverty and illness and old age so whenever any politician refers to them they should include the word insurance as in or thinking of cutting the be
this is less than one quarter of the cost of the worst in iraq and afghanistan and the wars in iraq and afghanistan have been going on for ten years and they cost four times more than all of the seventy five year projections for shortfalls in medicare and another one when you look at your paycheck you'll see it's a fight headed auction a pricey eight that induction for medicare and social security fica is also known as the payroll tax because everybody even if you only are a few thousand...